Two young men —one from Ghana, the other from Canada— are brought together by their respective searches for information about their absent fathers.
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‘Paradise’ Berlinale Review: Teen Lives Collide Across Two Continents
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‘Forest Up in the Mountain’ Berlinale Review: Cinema, Testimony and a State Killing
This documentary pieces together a violent death through court records, personal accounts, and the unresolved history of a land dispute involving the Mapuche Nation in Patagonia.
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‘Dao’ Berlinale Review: Mapping Identity Through Two Ceremonies
A mother and daughter reconnect with their shared roots across a funeral in Guinea-Bissau and a wedding in France, in a hybrid film that blurs the boundaries between ritual, performance, and lived experience.
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‘A Child of My Own’ Berlinale Review: A Gentle True Crime Fable
Family pressure to become a mother leads Alejandra into deeply problematic situations in this documentary-fiction hybrid shot in Mexico by the Chilean filmmaker Maite Alberdi. A Netflix release.
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‘Everybody Digs Bill Evans’ Berlinale Review: Between the Vanguard and the Void
In the aftermath of a devastating personal loss, the jazz pianist retreats to his parents’ home in Florida, where he deals with his grief and depression.
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‘Ivan & Hadoum’ Berlinale Review: When Love Meets Labor Conflict
Iván falls in love with Hadoum in the greenhouse where they work. However, his long-awaited promotion interferes with the relationship, forcing him to decide what kind of man he wants to be.
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‘Trial of Hein’ Berlinale Review: The Unstable Nature of Identity
A man returns to his hometown after many years, only to find that no one seems to recognize him. Is he really who he claims to be, or is something else going on? Opening Film of the Debut Features Competition.
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‘I Understand Your Displeasure’ Berlinale Review: The Cost of Efficiency (Panorama)
When a powerful subcontractor threatens to withdraw his support if she does not provide more work for his team, Heike faces a difficult choice. To comply, she must sacrifice one of her own employees.
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‘The Red Hangar’ Berlinale Review: Due Obedience and Moral Collapse After Chile’s Coup
A Chilean Air Force officer finds himself in an increasingly fraught situation after the military coup, when he is forced to obey orders he does not believe in. Part of the Berlinale’s First Feature Competition.
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‘In a Whisper’ Berlinale Review: When Grief Reveals the Truth
A return home for her uncle’s funeral pulls a young woman into an uneasy investigation that brings his secret life into the open—and compels her to face the risks of revealing her own.


